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A higher education at Princeton may cost a student his belief in politics and in the nature of its human subjects

A higher education at Princeton may cost a student his belief in politics and in the nature of its human subjects

Princeton has never felt like a politically charged campus to me (with the grand exception of the appointment of Peter Singer), and I have enjoyed this since I have never been much of a politico.

OPINION | 03/08/2001

Before the house burns down . . .

The only regret I have about being in an eating club is that I'm not in every eating club. Truly, this serves as an endless source of personal anguish, as, let me tell you, eating club life is decadent and, as we all know, decadent times 11 equals much more decadent.

OPINION | 03/07/2001

Peter Singer's 'Heavy Petting'

Peter Singer has a nasty way of pushing everything to the extreme. His arguments on abortion try to induce the reader to believe that unless you think all contraception is immoral, you should support abortion up to the time of birth and then infanticide for 30 days afterwards, just for good measure.But Princeton's favorite ethicist has gotten tired of defending killing disabled babies and has now started defending something completely different: bestiality.Yes.

OPINION | 03/07/2001

Post a guard at the revolving door

Remember Carol Shia? She was the New York City police officer fired after posing for Playboy in uniform: the NYPD thought it was inappropriate to use a police uniform for personal gain ? and in such a questionable manner.

OPINION | 03/06/2001

Letters to the Editor

Princeton community aids in quake reliefI would like to thank the Princeton University community for its overwhelming support in the India Quake Relief Drive.

OPINION | 03/06/2001

When the law gets caught napping

I've been leading a criminal lifestyle for several months now. It's gotten so bad that I sometimes violate federal law several times before breakfast.

OPINION | 03/06/2001

Not a trivial pursuit

Students in the hallowed halls of the Woodrow Wilson School are forming plans to end world hunger, others in Fisher are pondering how to save Social Security and in an organic chemistry lab still others are preparing to heal the world.I'm a classical archaeology major; in other words, I sit around thinking about dead people.

OPINION | 03/05/2001

Created in our image

One day soon, human clones will walk among us. Does the thought send a shiver up your spine? How about the notion of eating french fries from a potato engineered with jellyfish genes to make its leaves bioluminescent?

OPINION | 03/05/2001

Student-worker scarcity jeopardizes wage-raise possibilities

In response to a very solid and excellent presentation of the goals and makeup of the WROC, I feel the need to clarify my previous statements.

OPINION | 03/04/2001

Princeton alumnus fondly remembers Dale Earnhardt

I very much enjoyed Alex Iliff '02's article on Dale Earnhardt. I am a closet Princeton NASCAR fan.

OPINION | 03/04/2001

Time to preach to more than just the choir

If ignorance is bliss, then it makes sense that white undergraduates are on the whole more content at Princeton than their minority peers."I just didn't know this was a problem," one student at a recent panel discussion about race said rather timidly, referring to remarks by several others that the 'Street' proves a major social obstacle for minorities on campus.One of only a handful of white faces amid 10 times as many audience members, she was clearly interested and involved enough to take part in the forum, so it was a bit disconcerting to find that the concept of social elitism, which affects most students, could be alien to her ears.

OPINION | 03/04/2001

Pay for Performance plan confounds its own goals

Dick Spies GS '72's Feb. 23 opinion piece might have left the erroneous impression that workers at Princeton are satisfied with the University's compensation philosophy which consists of Pay for Performance and salary surveys in lieu of a Cost of Living Adjustment.

OPINION | 03/04/2001

A skewed little world called princeton

I can't help but notice how skewed our perception of reality has become since we came to Princeton.

OPINION | 03/01/2001

The hush-hush issue of masturbation should be considered taboo no longer

The "Vagina Monologues," performed in Richardson Auditorium last week, certainly were shocking.

OPINION | 03/01/2001

'Living Constitution' fails to protect minorities

For one who admits to having little background knowledge of constitutional interpretation, Alex Rawson '01 does a generally respectable job assessing the arguments for and against the judicial philosophy of Justice Antonin Scalia in his Feb.

OPINION | 03/01/2001

Letters to the Editor

Scalia's interpretation places limits on justices' influencesAlex Rawson '01's Feb.

OPINION | 02/28/2001

No strings attached

To all sophomores and juniors who are considering whether to go independent next year: there is life outside of the clubs, and it can be a fulfilling one.

OPINION | 02/28/2001

Students of independent means

One reason why a Princeton education cannot be over-valued is its requirement that most of its undergraduates (all A.B.

OPINION | 02/27/2001

SAT: Numerical value with no value at all

An article in the Feb. 26, 2001 issue of Time magazine reported an interesting development in the area of university education: Richard Atkinson, testing expert and president of the University of California, recommended that the UC system drop the SAT in its admission process, saying, "America's emphasis on the SAT is compromising our educational system." He noted the vast sums of money that parents spend on test-prep programs ? some starting from the age of 12 ? and that some parents even try to find psychologists to certify their children as "disabled" so they will qualify for extra test time.So, if the University of California can do it, why can't Princeton?

OPINION | 02/27/2001

Keeping an ear to the ground

The Trustees' incredible boost to student funding demonstrated the University's capacity to exceed expectations and proactively address the needs of this community.

OPINION | 02/26/2001

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